Seven leading companies in the global 3D printing sector have launched the 3MF Consortium and Dassault Systèmes is proud to be among them. The new group, which also includes Microsoft and HP, is releasing the 3D Manufacturing Format (3MF) specification, which allows design applications to send full-fidelity 3D models to a mix of other applications, platforms, services and printers.
Modern 3D printers, even low-cost devices, are capable of printing items that are difficult to describe using existing formats.
The 3MF Consortium is working to define a 3D printing format that will allow design applications to send full-fidelity 3D models to a mix of other applications, platforms, services and printers. The goal is to provide a specification that eliminates the issues with currently available file formats, and allows companies to focus on innovation, rather than on basic interoperability issues.
Dassault Systèmes was the first partner of Microsoft around this standard and implemented it in SOLIDWORKS 2015.
“When Dassault Systèmes implemented Print-To-3D technology last September, based on our partnership with Microsoft, we thought that a wider involvement of the industry would accelerate the progress and the adoption of additive manufacturing technologies. With the rapid adoption of 3D printing capabilities and increased usage across industries, the need for a file format that can accurately and completely transfer data from a CAD system to a 3D printer became instantly obvious,” said Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO, SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systèmes. “We are pleased to be a founding member of the 3MF Consortium and welcome the joint effort by the industry to create a new, open specification that links today’s 3D design technology and 3D printing. This effort is crucial to enabling and extending the ongoing revolution in design, manufacturing, and innovation.”
You can learn more about the 3MF Consortium by visiting their web site
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